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Getting Started

Luma Image Capabilities

Written by

Davicho Barona

Published

Feb 28, 2026

Getting Started

Luma Image Capabilities

Written by

Davicho Barona

Published

Feb 28, 2026

Luma's Image Capabilities


Any image on your board can be edited, restyled, animated, reframed, analyzed, used as a character/object/background reference, turned into video, or plugged into a larger creative workflow. It's not just a generator — it's a full image pipeline.


Generate New Images

Text-to-Image — Describe anything and get a high-quality image. Supports multiple aspect ratios and resolutions up to 4K.


Edit & Modify Existing Images

Image-to-Image Editing — Describe what you want changed (swap objects, change lighting, alter style, add/remove elements) and the image gets modified while preserving what you want to keep.

Complex Multi-Reference Edits — Combine multiple reference images into one output (e.g., "put this person in this setting wearing this outfit").


Reframe & Resize

Aspect Ratio Changes — Convert a portrait to landscape (or any supported aspect ratio) with AI outpainting that intelligently extends the scene. 

Supported aspect ratios: 1:1, 9:16, 3:4, 4:3, 16:9, 21:9


Style & Variations

Moodboards — Generate variations with different styles, colors, lighting, or angles.

Quick Composer — Select an image, drag out a grid, and type a prompt to instantly fill it with variations.

Color Palette Extraction — Pull the exact color palette from any image.


Animate Your Images

Image-to-Video — Turn any still image into a video with camera movement, action, or effects.

Keyframe Animation — Use two images as start and end (5s frame) frames, and generate the video transition between them.


Character & Identity Work

Character Reference Sheets — Generate consistent multi-pose reference sets (front, side, full body) from a single image.

Identity Consistency — Keep the same character looking the same across multiple outputs.

Portrait-to-Model Transformation — Turn a portrait into high-fashion editorial aesthetics.

Subject Extraction — Cut out subjects from their background as clean cutouts.


Camera Angle Changes

Re-angle Scenes — Take an existing image and regenerate it from a different camera perspective (bird's eye, low angle, close-up, etc.)


Lip Sync from Image

Image + Audio → Talking Video — Give it a portrait and a speech audio track, and it can create a realistic talking-head video with lip sync.


Use Images In Larger Workflows

Storyboards — Build frame-by-frame visual narratives where each image builds on the last.

Comic Book Pages — Create sequential comic panels with consistent characters.

Brand Campaigns — Use your images as the foundation for multi-asset campaigns with logo integration.

Social Media Video Ads — Turn product images into full video ads with hooks, captions, and audio.

Product Showcase Loops — Turn a product photo into a seamless rotating video loop.

Slide Decks — Incorporate images into presentation slides.

Infographics — Use images as part of data visualizations.

Platform Adaptation — Transform content across social media platforms (Instagram → TikTok → YouTube) with smart aspect ratio changes.


Analyze & Evaluate Images

Quality Assessment — AI-powered evaluation of composition, aesthetics, and technical quality.

Brand Compliance — Check images against brand guidelines (colors, fonts, style).

Consistency Checks — Verify visual consistency across a set of images (characters, products, style).

Text Translation — Translate text embedded in images (posters, ads) while preserving the design.


Import Images

Upload — Drop (or upload) images directly onto the board.

Web Search & Download — It can search the web, find reference images, and pull them onto your board.

PDF Extraction — Pull images out of PDF documents.